Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends - John 15:13
We continue to research the information to compile a complete list of our Minnesota fallen. If you know of fellow brothers and sisters not on this list, please contact us to add them to the list. Our goal is to provide a complete list of all MN Fallen Firefighters. Every firefighter that gave the ultimate sacrifice DESERVES to be remembered!
Please note that the origin of this list was compiled from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, the MN Hundred Club and books by the The Extra Alarm Association of the Twin Cities. There is distinct differences between some of the lists. Since we don't know which list is correct we have listed information from both lists. We have also included the notes attached to the one list. Again, if you have knowledge to which information is correct, please let us know.
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Total number of Minnesota LODDs stands at 187 starting in 1881.
The firefighters are listed by date of death.
|
Year |
Date |
Name |
Fire Department |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
1881 |
4 Dec |
Cornelius Frederichs | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
John Toohey | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1884 |
9 May |
George Wells | St. Paul FD | |
|
1885 |
26 Feb |
M. H. Maloney | St. Paul FD | |
1886 |
6 Aug |
Henry Williams | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
17 Oct |
Peter Akerman | St. Paul FD | |
|
1888 |
5 May |
William Cunniff | St. Paul FD | |
" |
14 Dec |
Hugh J. Fox | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
- |
Frank Randolph | Anoka FD | |
1891 |
1 Oct |
Charles W. Mitchell | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1892 |
7 Oct |
John E. Conroy | St. Paul FD | |
" |
8 Dec |
Thomas Jefferson | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1893 |
16 Aug |
Michael Cloonan | St. Paul FD | |
1989 |
7 Sep |
Archibald Finlayson | Duluth FD | |
" |
" |
Arthur Twaddle | Duluth FD | |
 |
1892 | 22 May | George Carleton | South St. Paul (Now South Metro FD) |
1895 |
27 Jun |
Joseph W. Hoy | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
John F. Homer | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
Walter A. Richardson | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
Christian S. Sande | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
Frank W. Uehline | Minneapolis FD | |
1898 |
7 Sep |
Archibald Finlayson | Duluth FD | |
" |
" |
Arthur Twaddle | Duluth FD | |
|
1899 |
24 May |
John J. Strapp | St. Paul FD | |
" |
17 Dec |
William McVittie | Duluth FD | |
|
1900 |
21 Oct |
Francis M. Edey | St. Paul FD | |
" |
21 Oct |
Bertram P. Irish | St. Paul FD | |
" |
21 Oct |
William H. Irvine | St. Paul FD | |
" |
21 Oct |
Andrew J. Johnson | St. Paul FD | |
" |
21 Oct |
Louis Wagner | St. Paul FD | |
1902 |
11 Sep |
Phillip Stackmesser | Duluth FD | |
" |
22 Nov |
John F. Baker | Minneapolis FD | |
1903 |
2 Jun |
John Patrick Noonan | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
24 Aug |
Patrick Fleming | St. Paul FD | |
1904 |
13 Dec |
John M. Fellows | Minneapolis FD | |
1906 |
10 Jan |
John Berwin | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1907 |
14 Sep |
Edward A. Low | St. Paul FD | |
1908 |
15 Jan |
Arthur F. Rose | Duluth FD | |
" |
24 Jan |
Charles H. Bradley | Minneapolis FD | |
1909 |
26 Jan |
John J. Kelly | Duluth FD | |
" |
17 May |
John McNamara | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
26 Sep |
Daniel L. Kane | Minneapolis FD | |
1911 |
27 Mar |
Frank Pierson | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
7 Jun |
Michael A. Kone | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
18 Jul |
Stanley Manning | St. Paul FD | |
|
1912 |
19 Feb |
John Thome | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
12 Apr |
Michael McGary | St. Paul FD | |
" |
3 Sep |
William Traeger | Minneapolis FD | |
1913 |
18 Jun |
Frank Kanesky | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
John Gray | Minneapolis FD | |
1914 |
14 Feb |
Henry C. Rumpel | Duluth FD | |
1915 |
10 Sep |
Fredrick E. Granzow | Duluth FD | |
|
1916 |
21 May |
John Flaherty | St. Paul FD | |
|
1918 |
5 May |
Frank Weber | Winona FD | |
|
1919 |
8 Mar |
Daniel Campion | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
28 May |
Louis Kieger | St. Paul FD | |
1920 |
25 May |
Dennis Laughlin | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
6 Jun |
Charles W. Wilson | Duluth FD | |
|
1921 |
19 Dec |
Alfred Godette | St. Paul FD | |
1922 |
28 Dec |
Gust T. Peterson | Minneapolis FD | |
1924 |
18 Jan |
Hartvig Christenson | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1927 |
10 Apr |
George A. Brown | St. Paul FD | |
" |
16 May |
James J. McGuire | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
16 May |
Louis F. Malchow | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
3 Sep |
Frank Kenney | unknown | |
" |
31 Dec |
James E. Brady, Jr. | Minneapolis FD | |
1928 |
8 May |
William R. Marden | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
Arthur N. Lawrence | Minneapolis FD | |
1929 |
17 Nov |
Partick H. Sullivan | Duluth FD | |
" |
5 Dec |
Robert Peschl | St Cloud FD | |
1930 |
17 Apr |
Albert Thuleen | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
14 Nov |
John McGinnis | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1931 |
29 Apr |
Jalmer Anderson | Cloquet FD | |
|
1932 |
20 Mar |
Patrick Flaherty | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
18 Dec |
Louis Literski | St. Paul FD | |
|
1933 |
10 Feb |
Joseph J. Foley | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
10 Aug |
John A. Grym | Virginia FD | |
1934 |
30 Aug |
David F. Whelan | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
16 Nov |
John Kuhlke | Minneapolis FD | |
1938 |
19 Feb |
Charles H. Duff | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1939 |
30 Sep |
WM. F. Kellerman | St. Paul FD | |
|
1940 |
2 Jan |
Harry Hawkinson | Virginia FD | |
" |
18 Jan |
Jess I. Steene | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1941 |
20 Feb |
James E. Seery | St. Paul FD | |
" |
4 Dec |
Arthur Tyczynski | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1942 |
9 Jan |
Russell E. Hunt | St. Paul FD | |
" |
9 Jan |
Thomas J. Kell | St. Paul FD | |
" |
9 Jan |
Frank G. Minogue | St. Paul FD | |
" |
23 Jul |
Peter S. Mackey | Rochester FD | |
1943 |
3 May |
Lyman Moore | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1945 |
4 Jun |
Milford Holm | St. Paul FD | |
|
1946 |
8 Oct |
Fred Oberg | Cloquet FD | |
1947 |
23 Jan |
Arnold Albin Anderson | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
Donald Thomas Laycock | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
Harlow Joseph Tischer | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
28 Jan |
John Matthew Weimer | St. Paul FD | |
" |
2 Feb |
Walter Raymond McLeod | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
1 Mar |
William H. McLaughlin | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
23 Oct |
Herbert T. Brodahl | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
5 Nov |
Henry Obinger | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1948 |
15 Apr |
Phelp Ewald | St. Paul FD | |
" |
24 May |
Homer C. Harris | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1949 |
8 Jun |
Harold Barck | St. Paul FD | |
" |
8 Jun |
Frank McMahon | St. Paul FD | |
" |
8 Jun |
Ed Novak | St. Paul FD | |
" |
24 Nov |
John J. Dillon | St. Paul FD | |
|
1950 |
21 Feb |
Ernest Kellerman | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
26 Dec |
Sam Jurgensen | St. Paul FD | |
1951 |
11 Nov |
Clarence McRoberts | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1952 |
13 Jan |
Myron Longeway | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
26 Oct |
Harold Bowman | St. Paul FD | |
1953 |
17 Jul |
William Edward Mayhew | Duluth FD | |
|
" |
24 Dec |
Stanley O'Brien | Rochester FD | |
|
" |
24 Dec |
Ambrose Riley | Rochester FD | |
|
1954 |
26 Oct |
Merlin Myers | St. Paul FD | |
1955 |
3 Feb |
Orney P. Hoaglund | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
5 Mar |
Herbert McLellan | Duluth FD | |
|
1956 |
14 Mar |
Ed Bednar | St. Paul FD | |
|
1957 |
14 Jan |
Walter Rose | St. Paul FD | |
1958 |
19 Jan |
Daniel P. Gerdes | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
17 Apr |
Roger Oldre | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
15 Jun |
Chauncey Pettinelli | Virginia FD | |
1959 |
4 Sep |
John Zasada | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
30 Sep |
Maximus G. Wermerskirchen | Shakopee FD | |
" |
15 Dec |
William C. Gross | Minneapolis FD | |
1961 |
16 Feb |
Arthur A. Olson | Duluth FD | |
|
1962 |
1 Feb |
Charles Whitbred, Jr | St. Paul Park FD | |
" |
28 Feb |
Henry A. Crone | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
11 Dec |
Clarence John Taatjes | Raymond FD | |
1963 |
5 Jan |
Emmett Mulcrone | St. Paul FD | |
" |
3 Mar |
Samuel Ricci | St. Paul FD | |
" |
26 Oct |
Avlin Pagel | Winona FD | |
1964 |
18 Jun |
David E. Mehling | Duluth FD | |
" |
23 Jul |
Leo W. Moughan | Minneapolis FD | |
1965 |
24 Sep |
Charles E. Burkeli | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1966 |
17 Aug |
Robert Berthiamume | St. Paul FD | |
|
1967 |
25 Jan |
Herman Schmaltz | St. Paul FD | |
1968 |
2 Jun |
Jay Bloemers | South St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
|
" |
20 Jun |
Francis Conway | St. Paul FD | |
|
1969 |
25 Mar |
Roger Killoran | Lakewood Township FD | |
|
1971 |
8 Oct |
Arnold Johnson | St. Louis Park FD | |
|
" |
8 Oct |
Robert McElmurry | St. Louis Park FD | |
|
1972 |
22 Feb |
Wallace Abbott | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
4 Sep |
John Kill | St. Paul FD | |
|
1973 |
25 Nov |
John Zilliox | St. Paul FD | |
|
1974 |
11 Jan |
Erling Armstrong | West St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
|
" |
11 Jan |
John Heuer | West St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
|
" |
11 Jan |
Richard Neikirk | West St. Paul FD (Now South Metro FD) |
|
|
1975 |
7 Oct |
Gordon "Scotty" Mattson | Cloquet FD | |
|
1976 |
23 Jan |
Otis Ondler | Rochester FD | |
|
" |
18 Feb |
Warren Clasen | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
14 Dec |
George Aker | St. Paul FD | |
1977 |
15 Mar |
Grant R. Benson | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
" |
Jack D. Crothers | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1979 |
1 Apr |
Robert Reiners | Minneapolis FD | |
" |
- |
Robert Becker | Winona FD | |
|
1980 |
19 Jun |
Michael Goettsche | Bloomington FD | |
|
" |
1 Nov |
Robert LaValle | Circle Pines FD | |
|
1982 |
2 Jan |
Michael E. Kurth | Minneapolis FD | |
|
" |
22 Jan |
Robert B. Hays | Mahtomedi FD | |
|
" |
22 Jan |
Bruce J. Raeburn | Mahtomedi FD | |
" |
30 Jan |
Richard Francis Wagner | Duluth FD | |
" |
8 Dec |
Marion Cunningham * | Waseca FD | |
|
1983 |
23 Dec |
Charles L. Drenth ** | Lyle FD | |
|
1984 |
17 Jan |
Thomas K. Hollingsworth | Robbinsdale FD | |
" |
15 Jul |
Carl E. Hardel | Brownton FD | |
|
1985 |
2 Jan |
James Hunkins | Breckenridge FD | |
|
" |
7 Jan |
David J. Kane | Sauk Centre Volunteer FD | |
|
" |
7 Jan |
Douglas E. Zabel | Sauk Centre Volunteer FD | |
" |
10 Feb |
Robert J. Johnson, Jr. | Plainview FD | |
" |
10 Sep |
Victor E. Buckingham | Owatonna FD | |
" |
18 Nov |
Debra R. Swanson | Dalbo FD | |
1986 |
24 Apr |
John D. Schwenn * | Ostrander Volunteer FD | |
" |
24 Dec |
Norman A. Lukken * | Battle Lake FD | |
|
1987 |
Oct 20 |
Robert K. Edwards + | Hollandale Volunteer FD | |
" |
Oct 31 |
Kathleen (Katie Winter) Gohman | Kimball FD | |
|
1989 |
20 Jun |
Larry Dean House * | Wood Lake Volunteer FD | |
|
" |
16 Sep |
Gary L. Skoglund | St. Paul FD | |
|
" |
30 Sep |
Daniel J. Wroblewski * | Winona FD | |
|
1990 |
28 May |
Jerry A. Reed * | Deer River FD | |
|
1991 |
- |
Frederick W. Templin | St. Cloud FD | |
|
1997 |
26 Jul |
Harvey Jerome Chlian, Jr. * | Starbuck FD | |
|
" |
- |
LeRoy Swenson | Minneapolis FD | |
|
1998 |
13 Apr |
Michael C. "Mick" Wiborg + | Chanhassen FD | |
|
1999 |
7 Oct |
Marvin L. Huisman | Wilmont FD | |
|
" |
- |
William Myers # | St. Anthony FD | |
|
2002 |
1 Jul |
Kim Alan Granholm | Esko FD | |
" |
12 Dec |
Jonathan M. Lanphear | Boyd FD | |
2003 |
27 Oct |
Don J. Billig | St. Cloud FD | |
2006 |
16 Jan |
David "Cookie" Klapprich | Wayzata FD | |
" |
12 Nov |
Kyle William Clarence Weisbrich | Melrose FD | |
|
2008 |
29 Apr |
Jeremy Jylka | Pine City FD |
"-" = Unknown Date
"*" = Firefighter had cardiac arrest after leaving
the fire scene.
"**" = There isn't enough information to indicate
that this firefighter died in the line of duty.
"+" = Firefighter died during training/testing
"#" = Firefigher died due to illnes related to
fire fighting
